I do have to take up for Merv a bit on this one. He is not a casual fisherman; a guide. His motives for being coy about some of his spots and when is finding fish should be obvious. Hell, last year at this time, he was posting about all the hybrids he was catching several times a week and when I saw him on the water was glad to share what was working. All you have to do is ask a casual crappie fisherman about where to catch crappie to know that people being cagie about where the fish are is not a phenomena. Crappie guys are the absolute worst for sharing anything except what lake they caught them on. I would be lying if I didn't wish he would tell me exactly where to go every Saturday. Oh wait, he just might do that going forward now that I opened that up for him. I will say, I called him yesterday and he did not remember who I was at first but had no problem, once I gave him some context, helping me find fish yesterday. Even talked a bit every time we trolled past one another.
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